# elaborar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.lə.βuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.lə.boˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.la.boˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborí, past participle elaborat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)
    Synonyms: fabricar, produir
* (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)
    Synonym: idear

#### Derived terms

* elaborable

#### Related terms

* elaboració

### Further reading

* “elaborar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “elaborar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “elaborar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “elaborar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrō.

### Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)
* (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)
    Synonyms: fabricar, producir
* (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)
    Synonym: idear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* elaborado
* elaborador
* reelaborar

#### Related terms

* elaboración

#### Further reading

* “elaborar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “elaborar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English elaborate, French élaborer, Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar, from Late Latin ēlabōrāre. Compare Esperanto ellabori.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.la.bo.ˈrar/, /ɛ.la.bɔ.ˈɾaɾ/

### Verb

elaborar (present tense elaboras, past tense elaboris, future tense elaboros, imperative elaborez, conditional elaborus)
* (transitive) to elaborate, work out (in detail), produce (by careful labour)

#### Derived terms

* elaboro (“elaboration”)

## Interlingua
### Verb

elaborar
* to elaborate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | elaborar | elaborar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | elaborante | elaborate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | elabora | ha elaborate |
| active | past | elaborava | habeva elaborate |
| active | future | elaborara | habera elaborate |
| active | conditional | elaborarea | haberea elaborate |
| active | imperative | elabora | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es elaborate | ha essite elaborate |
| passive | past | esseva elaborate | habeva essite elaborate |
| passive | future | essera elaborate | habera essite elaborate |
| passive | conditional | esserea elaborate | haberea essite elaborate |
| passive | imperative | sia elaborate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlabōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.la.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.la.boˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.la.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.la.boˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.la.boˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.la.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.la.boˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.la.boˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.lɐ.buˈɾaɾ/ [i.lɐ.βuˈɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.lɐ.buˈɾaɾ/ [i.lɐ.βuˈɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.lɐ.buˈɾa.ɾi/ [i.lɐ.βuˈɾa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: e‧la‧bo‧rar

### Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)
* (transitive) to devise, conceive, formulate
    Precisamos de elaborar um plano. ― We need to devise a plan.
* (transitive) to make more complex, develop further, better, improve
* (transitive) to modify a food for it to be incorporated by an organism

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* elaborado
* elaborador
* elaborável
* reelaborar

#### Related terms

* elaboração

### References

* ↑ “elaborar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “elaborar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Further reading

* “elaborar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “elaborar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “elaborar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “elaborar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /elaboˈɾaɾ/ [e.la.β̞oˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: e‧la‧bo‧rar

### Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaboré, past participle elaborado)
* (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)
    Synonyms: producir, fabricar
    Esta fábrica elabora hormigón.This factory produces concrete.
    pan elaborado con harina integral ― bread made with whole grain flour
* (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)
    Synonyms: idear, proyectar
    Hemos elaborado un plan de negocio para recuperar las pérdidas del año pasado.We've come up with a business plan to recoup last year's losses.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* elaborable
* elaborado
* elaborador
* reelaborar

#### Related terms

* elaboración

#### Further reading

* “elaborar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10